Une femme est une femme

UNE FEMME EST UNE FEMME dances between homage and subversion, turning the classic musical comedy into a sparkling game of desire and defiance.

Angela, an exotic dancer, feels her biological clock ticking. But her boyfriend Emile isn’t ready for that next step yet. Emil’s best friend Alfred also has a romantic feelings for Angela and is more than ready to fulfil her desire to have a child. Thus starts a series of imaginative misunderstandings and quarrels.

Anna Karina’s Angela radiates charm as she chases both love and motherhood with irresistible determination. Jean-Claude Brialy and Jean-Paul Belmondo circle her in a flirtatious tug-of-war that blends sincerity with self-aware playfulness. Director Jean-Luc Godard turns everyday Paris into a stage, crafting his most accessible work and only musical comedy into a breezy, vibrant ode to romance that winks at the genre even as it embraces it.